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Anaxagoras (/ ˌ æ n æ k ˈ s æ ɡ ə r ə s /; Greek: Ἀναξαγόρας, Anaxagóras, "lord of the assembly"; c. 500 – c. 428 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae at a time when Asia Minor was under the control of the Persian Empire , Anaxagoras came to Athens .
cosmology. eclipse. nous. Anaxagoras (born c. 500 bce, Clazomenae, Anatolia [now in Turkey]—died c. 428, Lampsacus) was a Greek philosopher of nature remembered for his cosmology and for his discovery of the true cause of eclipses. He was associated with the Athenian statesman Pericles. About 480 Anaxagoras moved to Athens, then becoming the ...
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Aug 22, 2007 · Anaxagoras. Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (a major Greek city of Ionian Asia Minor), a Greek philosopher of the 5 th century B.C.E. (born ca. 500–480), was the first of the Presocratic philosophers to live in Athens. He propounded a physical theory of “everything-in-everything,” and claimed that nous (intellect or mind) was the motive cause of ...
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The exact chronology of Anaxagoras is unknown, but most accounts place his dates around 500-428 B.C.E. Some have argued for dates of c.534-467 B.C.E., but the 500-428 time period is the most commonly accepted among scholars. Anaxagoras was born in Ionia in the town of Clazomenae, a lively port city on the coast of present-day Turkey.
Aug 22, 2007 · Anaxagoras. Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (a major Greek city of Ionian Asia Minor), a Greek philosopher of the 5 th century B.C.E. (born ca. 500-480), was the first of the Presocratic philosophers to live in Athens. He propounded a physical theory of “everything-in-everything,” and claimed that nous (mind or intellect) was the motive cause of ...
Anaxagoras, born around 500 BCE in Clazomenae, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), was a pre-Socratic philosopher who set the stage for centuries of philosophical and scientific thought. His era was marked by intellectual ferment and the rise of what would become some of Western philosophy’s most enduring ideas. The Birth of Rationalism.
Anaxagoras, (born c. 500, Clazomenae, Anatolia—died c. 428 bc, Lampsacus), Greek philosopher. Though only a few fragments of his writings have survived, he is remembered for his cosmology and for his discovery of the true cause of eclipses. His cosmology grew out of the efforts of earlier pre-Socratics to explain the physical universe in ...
